Gertrude Eleonore (Emilie) Nottebohm, later Mrs John Mathison Fraser (b.1814), as a young girl
after Ary Scheffer (Dordrecht 1795 – Argenteuil 1858)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, wood, glass
Measurements
457 mm (H); 381 mm (W); 286 mm (H); 216 mm (W)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1252018
Summary
Print, engraving, Gertrude Eleonore (Emilie) Nottebohm, later Mrs John Mathison Fraser (b.1814), as a young girl after Ary Scheffer (Dordrecht 1795 – Argenteuil 1858). 'Emilie, wife of John Matherson Fraser (1813-1887)', showing a young girl sitting under a tree in front of a house with her hat at her feet. She seems to be taking flowers from a basket on the table while making a garland. A letter in French lies on the table. From a painting by Schaeffer.
Provenance
By descent until bequeathed by (Henry John) Ralph Bankes (1902 – 1981) to the National Trust, together with the estates of Corfe Castle and Kingston Lacy and its entire contents in 1981
Marks and inscriptions
Emily, wife of / John Matheson Fraser / (née) Baroness Emilie / Eléonore Nottebohm / of Antwerp (note in ink, on white blue lined label in centre of reverse; note that on the front the name is spelled Matherson)
Makers and roles
after Ary Scheffer (Dordrecht 1795 – Argenteuil 1858), original artist Stereoscopic Co., engraver and publisher